These really are socks! OR more accurately, they will be socks. I am using up some leftover Regia self striping, and making a pair for my 3yo DD. I decided to start at the toes, since I didn’t know how much yarn I had, and could adjust the cuff as necessary. Well, after about 5 starts at the toes, I gave up. I just could not get anything that looked reasonable. I tried the Knitty magic cast on, Wendy’s short row toes, the Knit Picks two at once toes, but nothing worked. But I decided since I was going to do the Knit Picks Two At Once, Toe-Up Sock, which includes an afterthought heel, I would also do an afterthought toe. That way, I could do the toe from the top down (which I can handle) and I could choose a coordinating color if I didn’t have enough yarn.
Well, this is all for the good, becuase little DD is going to have ankle socks, and I am heading off to the LYS today to find a solid color coordinating sock yarn for the heels and toes – my stash only includes patterned sock yarn. Oh well, I was looking for an excuse to get a solid color sock yarn anyway…
On a FO note, I finished my DS’s camo colorway striped socks. He liked them so much he wore them to school the next day with shorts! I tried to tell him that they weren’t really appropriate with shorts, but he didn’t care. I had to draw the line though when he tried to wear them with his Tae Kwon Do uniform and his TKD shoes! I think I have already had to wash them three times, each time I get them clean he wears them immediately! I guess this is a testament to how nice they are – I feel the same way about my one pair.
After I finish this pair for DD#2, I am going to try the Lombard Street Socks for my mom – she brought some sock yarn she had purchased about 4 years ago, and her eyesight is too far gone to knit with such small yarn.
Then, I think I’ll be able to make another pair for myself!
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